Spatial differences in the impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the flow of rivers in Europe

Hydrology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-39

  Wrzesiński, Dariusz ^a   Paluszkiewicz, Rafał ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; North atlantic oscillation; River; Runoff; Typological classification; Ward's hierarchical clustering method

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BRITISH ISLES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENGLAND; FENNOSCANDIA; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING METHODS; HIERARCHICAL GROUPINGS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; NAO INDEX; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RIVER PROFILE; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TYPOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; WARD'S METHOD; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATCHMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATING FLOW; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TYPOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79952285668     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2010.077     Document Type: Article

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